Grammar Flashcards
Sarah, London
Proper noun
Actual objects: book, chair
Concrete noun
Ideas, feelings: fear, capitalism
Abstract noun
Term used to describe words, tell you more about nouns
Greatest
Beautiful
Adjectives
Given an opinion of something
‘The DISGUSTING cake’
Evaluative adjectives
A factual description
‘The blue hat’
Qualitative adjectives
Comparing one thing to another.
‘Mt Everest is HIGHER than other mountains’.
Comparative adjectives
Tallest, the most quiet, brownest, the most special.
Superlative adjectives
Give the 4 sentence types
Declarative sentences- statements
Interrogative sentence- questions
Imperative sentence- commands
Exclamatory sentences- have an exclamation mark at the end.
I, you, he, she, it
My, mine, someone, this
Pronouns
Compound sentence definition and example
A sentence with two main clauses joined with a coordinative conjunction (connective).
‘The cat ate her food and washed her face’
The two clauses don’t effect each other.
Simple sentence definition and example.
Have one main verb.
‘The cat sat on the mat’
Minor sentences definition and example
Incomplete sentences.
No verbs.
‘Splendid’
‘Whatever’
Complex sentences definition and examples.
A sentence with a main clause and subordinate clause joined with a subordinating conjunction.
‘The cat ate her food because she liked it’
The two things are related.
Noun phrases
A group of words that can be replaced by a pronoun.
‘The really shiny red cars were very fast’ = ‘They were very fast’.
The + adjective + noun
The shiny cars.
The+ adverb + adjective+ noun
The really shiny cars.
Actions E.g. To punch To kick To jump To hug To shout To drive
Dynamic verbs
Feelings and psychological states E.g. To think To feel To dream To imagine To love To remember
Stative verbs
Modify the tone of the sentence.
Can, could, will, would, should, may, must/might.
Modal verbs
Tell us more about verbs. How?- quickly, quietly. When?- tomorrow. Where?- here, there. To what extent?- very
Adverbs
Deixis
words and phrases that cannot be fully understood without additional contextual information.
For example - ‘Maybe you’ll see this (dog barks) hear that (parrot squawks, siren)’.
Second person pronoun
Refers to the reader
E.g. you, your, yours
Third person pronouns
he, she, it, they, him, her, them, his, her, hers, its, their, and theirs.
Parallel phrasing
sentences which are structured in a very similar way
eg. ‘maybe you’ll go left, maybe you’ll go right’.
